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Bangladesh elected member of UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs
Bangladesh has been elected a member of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND), a subsidiary body of the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), for a three-year term beginning from January 2022.
Geopolitical rivalries should not weaken UN: Sheikh Hasina
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has called for not allowing geopolitical rivalries to weaken the United Nations as the Covid-19 pandemic has shown that both developed and developing nations need the UN more than ever.
Bangladesh elected as executive member of three UN bodies
Bangladesh has been elected as a member of the executive board of three United Nations organisations -- UNDP, UNFPA and UNOPS – by securing the highest votes for the term 2021-2023.
Bangladesh takes the lead in sending troops to UN Peacekeeping Missions
Bangladesh has secured the top position among 118 countries in sending troops to the United Nations peacekeeping missions.
UN features Bangladeshi architect Rizvi as ‘Real Life Hero’
The United Nations has featured Bangladeshi architect Rizvi Hassan as ‘Real Life Hero’ on its website, to appreciate his contribution in building a safe space for Rohingya women refugees.
UN issues stamps marking Peacekeepers Day, birth centenary of Bangabandhu
The UN Postal Administration, jointly with the Permanent Mission of Bangladesh to the UN in New York, has issued a set of commemorative stamps as a tribute to UN peacekeepers and marking the birth centenary of the Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.
Bangladesh maintains zero tolerance policy towards extremism: Ambassador Rabab Fatima
Bangladesh maintains a “zero tolerance” policy towards terrorism and violent extremism, says Bangladesh’s Permanent Representative to the UN, Ambassador Rabab Fatima, at the UN Headquarters.
Bangladesh elected as the president of UNICEF Executive Board
Ambassador Rabab Fatima, Bangladesh’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, has been unanimously elected as the President of the UNICEF Executive Board at the elections of the Bureau held yesterday at the UN Headquarters in New York.
TIB wants transparency on UN role over Rohingyas crisis
Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) wants transparency and accountability of the United Nations in management of the humanitarian crisis of Rohingyas.
UN Gen Assembly: PM to ask for sustainable solution to Rohingya crisis
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will leave for New York this morning to attend the United Nations General Assembly, where she will highlight her response to the Rohingya crisis and seek global support for a sustainable solution to it.
‘Human rights defenders vulnerable for reporting to UN’
People globally face harsh reprisals and intimidation for cooperating with the United Nations on human rights, a "shameful practice," a major UN report warns.
Rohingyas to be at risk if funding not urgently secured: UN
The lives of Rohingyas "will once again be at risk" if funding is not urgently secured, say UN officials.
Let there be no industrialisation near Sundarbans
The Sundarbans mangrove forest, the habitat of Bengal tigers, is threatened by heedless industrialisation, which must be halted by Bangladesh.
TIB criticises UN on secret deal with Myanmar
Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) criticises the signing of a secret deal between UN and Myanmar, saying that it has questioned the role of the UN.
‘Myanmar dillydallying Rohingya repatriation’
Myanmar is yet to show any real will to ensure safe repatriation of the Rohingya refugees now living in Bangladesh, UN Special Rapporteur Yanghee Lee says.
UN rights expert Lee begins Bangladesh visit tomorrow
UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar Yanghee Lee arrives here on a 10-day visit to meet Rohingyas in various locations of Cox's Bazar.
Bangladeshi UN peacekeeper killed in South Sudan ambush
A Bangladeshi peacekeeper in South Sudan is killed today when an aid convoy was ambushed in the west of the country, the United Nations mission says.
UN could help Myanmar gather evidence of crimes against Rohingya: British envoy
Britain's UN envoy on Tuesday suggested the UN Security Council could consider helping Myanmar collect evidence of crimes committed during a military crackdown of the Rohingya people, denounced by the world body as ethnic cleansing after most recent bout of persecution of the Muslim minority last year.
Rohingya crisis: UN asst secy gen travelling to Myanmar
United Nations’ Assistant Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Deputy Emergency Relief Coordinator, Ursula Mueller, is travelling to Myanmar.
